Small town, home of many small, private businesses. Paved roadways run all through town. Stop at one point for railroad crossing. Properties have have lawns, paved driveways. Trees scattered about all through town and foresty landscape in background. small, unincorporated community in Sonoma County, between Petaluma and Cotati at the intersection of Old Redwood Highway and Petaluma Hill Road, nestled in the foothills of Sonoma Mountain.

Located in the remnants of a historic grove called Penn's Grove, it was previously a North Bay freight rail station on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad as well as a center for egg and chicken farming, much like its close neighbor Petaluma.